Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro….but god I wish I did ; P

The bet: part one

It was another boring afternoon at the Demon detective agency, and even though Neuro was out, Yako couldn't help but to miss the entertainment he provided. Although that "entertainment" mainly consisted of her getting smashed into the wall, ceiling, etc.

But anyways, in short Yako was bored. Godai, on the other hand was enjoying the Neuro-less moment. He had sat himself down at Neuro's desk, and had his feet up on the neat stacks of paper that had accumulated on its surface.

Yako was currently spinning in her chair, while balancing a pen on the end of her nose. It was the only thing she could entertain herself with, besides eating (there was nothing there to eat, and Neuro had locked the doors, and windows).

She continued with her game, but also continued to fail horribly. After a while, she got bored, and stopped.

"Hey, Yako," Godai said suddenly "what do you think the monster is doing?"

"I don't know," She replied, happy for some human interaction "he said that there was a mystery that he didn't need my help for."

Godai snorted, and adjusted his legs on the crimson desk.

"I wonder how he'll pull that off without revealing himself," he said after a while.

Yako giggled slightly. Neuro, her sadistic, demon boss, never tried to act like a human, hence the reason why he needed her. Even if he denied it, Neuro needed her to help him with human interaction that was normal for their "job". That was the whole reason he looked for her in the first place.

She flicked her pencil as she thought back to their first meeting. He sure left an impression that was no easy feat for an ordinary human. Of course he was no human, and would scoff at the thought. Her stomach growled.

She slammed her hand, and the pencil down on her desk adjacent to Neuro's. Godai, who was actually surprised by the sudden sound coming from the teenage girl, fell out of Neuro's chair.

"What the fuck was that for!" He screamed, as he scrambled to get back up.

"Let's make a bet, Godai-san," Yako said smiling "I bet I could get Neuro to act like a perfect Japanese man within a week for the police's party. If I can do it, then you have to treat me to a buffet dinner. If I lose, I'll buy you beer till you die."

Godai thought for a moment. He did have troubles paying for his beer because Neuro had a habit of stealing his credit cards…and he was sure that there was a good 10% chance of her actually winning the bet. I sounded like good terms to him.

He sat back in Neuro's chair, and leaned over to Yako, holding out his hand.

"You've got a bet," He said "but he has to actually convince everyone in that rat hole that he's normal, and I mean no inkling at all that he's different, got it? Oh, and I'm not going near the party, so take pictures?"

Yako smiled (surprisingly devilishly), and shook his outstretched hand.

"Slaves, rejoice! Your master has returned!" A low voice exclaimed.

Godai scrambled away from Neuro's desk, and crawled towards his own desk across the room.

Neuro burst into the room, eyes swirling with power. He looked around, first at Godai who had made it back to his desk, and then Yako, who was smiling at him strangely. He walked over to her, grabbed her head, and brought her up to his level.

"What, wood louse," He asked.

"N-neuro," She said nervously "I have an idea on how you could become more human-like. There's a party hosted by the police that we've worked with, and we've been invited…there could be a-"

"Shut it," Neuro responded, "Why would there be a mystery there slave. You bore me."

With that, he dropped her to the floor, and walked towards his desk. He looked around, and his eyes glowed. He looked swiftly at Godai, then his desk once again. He made a move towards the unsuspecting man, but Yako stopped him, shuffling nervously.

"So, you don't think you can do it?" She said, hoping that she wouldn't get splattered across Japan.

Neuro stopped, and looked down at her, eyes narrowed.

"Of course I can," He said simply, he bowed to her mockingly. "Show me, great sensei~"

Yako knew that during this week, she was not going to sleep, or eat much…

Note: This is slightly based on the musical "My fair lady". I was going to name it 'My fair Demon', but after much laughing from others, I decided otherwise. I hope you enjoy my first romantic endeavor! Please review to tell me how I can improve, and just comments. Thank you for reading! : )

~Lionwhizk